The Kun Khalifat Chronicle
Squad25 Jun 2029
Chineme Chinonso is carrying Kun Khalifat
33 goals and a season average of 7.59. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market25 Jun 2029
Kazeem Yekini hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kun Khalifat can pretend not to have heard.
Match23 Jun 2029
The wait goes on for Kun Khalifat
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
The paperwork begins on Mustapha Jawad
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Kun Khalifat have done the hard part with Kano Pillars, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom25 Jun 2029
Kun Khalifat agree a free transfer for Onyekachi Thompson
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
Door shut on Dane Reid
Kun Khalifat asked and Bendel Insurance said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad25 Jun 2029
A row about effort at Kun Khalifat
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stanley Okorom was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
Peter Ikechukwu gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Words exchanged at Kun Khalifat
Nnamdi Onuachu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- Player ratings Chineme Chinonso stands above it all
- Transfer targets Kun Khalifat try to borrow Emmanuel Kachi
- Market Mandla Billiat already looking beyond Kun Khalifat